diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 7a4566046b68..7ca2cacbaa05 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -4472,10 +4472,8 @@ static int handle_read_event_rsp(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
 			mutex_unlock(&intf->users_mutex);
 			list_for_each_entry_safe(recv_msg, recv_msg2, &msgs,
 						 link) {
-				user = recv_msg->user;
 				list_del(&recv_msg->link);
 				ipmi_free_recv_msg(recv_msg);
-				kref_put(&user->refcount, free_ipmi_user);
 			}
 			/*
 			 * We couldn't allocate memory for the